Vamir
A masculine name of Persian origin meaning "iron" or "brave warrior".
Name Census estimates that about 6 living Americans carry the first name Vamir. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Vamir today is around 6 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Vamir births was 2020 (6 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Vamir. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Vamir. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
6
~ 1 in 57,125,723 Americans
Peak year
2020
6 babies that year
Average age
6
years old
2020 SSA rank
#11,921
Tracked since 2020
Popularity
Vamir: popularity over time
Babies born per year
Decades
Vamir by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Vamir during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
| Decade | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Origin
Meaning and history of Vamir
The name Vamir has its origins in the ancient Sanskrit language of India, dating back to around the 5th century BCE. It is derived from the Sanskrit words "vam" meaning "to vomit" and "mir" meaning "ocean," suggesting a possible meaning of "one who vomits the ocean." However, this literal translation is unlikely to be the intended meaning, as names often evolved beyond their literal roots.
In ancient Hindu texts and scriptures, Vamir is mentioned as the name of a powerful demon or asura, who was eventually defeated by the gods. This association with a demonic figure may have contributed to the name's rarity in later periods.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Vamir can be found in the Mahabharata, an ancient Sanskrit epic composed around the 4th century BCE. In this text, Vamir is mentioned as the name of a warrior who fought on the side of the Kauravas during the great battle of Kurukshetra.
Throughout history, the name Vamir has been relatively uncommon, but a few notable individuals have borne this name. One of the earliest was Vamir the Great, a Persian ruler who lived in the 6th century CE and was known for his military conquests and territorial expansion.
In the 12th century, Vamir ibn Abi'l-Qasim al-Muqaddasi was a renowned Islamic scholar and geographer from Jerusalem. His work, "The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions," provided a detailed account of the geography and cultures of the medieval Islamic world.
During the Renaissance period, Vamir Petrovitch was a Russian painter and iconographer who lived from 1521 to 1584. He is best known for his intricate and colorful religious icons, which adorned many churches and monasteries in Russia.
In more recent times, Vamir Khalidov was a Soviet and Russian wrestler who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. Born in 1962, he won multiple Olympic and World Championship medals in Greco-Roman wrestling, representing the Soviet Union and later Russia.
Another notable figure was Vamir Shukurov, an Uzbek mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to the study of differential geometry and mathematical physics in the late 20th century. He was born in 1944 and passed away in 2012.
People
Vamir + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Vamir as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with V
Other first names starting with V with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Vamir: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Vamir?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 6 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Vamir going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 57,125,723 US residents.
Is Vamir a common name?
We classify Vamir as "Very Rare". It ranks above 22.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 6 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Vamir most popular?
The single biggest year for Vamir was 2020, when 6 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Vamir is about 6 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Vamir in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Vamir a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Vamir in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Vamir still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Vamir in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Vamir can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many people share the name Vamir?
Want to know how many people have the name Vamir? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.